"Let me tell you, it almost never goes up the sleeve". Veteran educator and practicing sleight-of-hand artist LawrenceHass drops some information on the audience in a TEDx talk ... For Hass, who makes his Memphis debut at BethSholomSynagogue Saturday, December 1st, the live performance of stage magic constitutes a message of hope and transcendence....

"Let me tell you, it almost never goes up the sleeve." Veteran educator and practicing sleight-of-hand artist LawrenceHass drops some information on the audience in a TEDx talk ... For Hass, who makes his Memphis debut at BethSholomSynagogue Saturday, December 1st, the live performance of stage magic constitutes a message of hope and transcendence....

Hundreds of people from all faiths came to a memorial service at BethSholomCongregation following the tragic shooting at the Tree of Lifesynagogue in Pittsburgh. It was a show of solidarity within the Johnstown community ... 5 in the country for hate crimes ... King ... Jewish congregants relayed stories to BethSholomRabbi Irvin Brandwein ... .......

At CongregationBethSholom, a Conservativesynagogue, Hameeduddin, who is Muslim, and other township officials assured worshippers that the local police had increased security in all local houses of worship and that the township was coordinating security with county, state and federal authorities....

The event also is designed as a response to last Saturday's massacre, when 11 worshipers were gunned down at a synagogue in Pittsburgh while attending services. Synagogues throughout Central New York are participating in the effort, and encouraging attendance, according to the Jewish Federation of Central New York ...BethSholom-Chevras Shas....

It was standing room only when the service started at the TempleBethSholom on Thursday night, the singing and clapping echoing through the synagogue...People came together at the Summerlinsynagogue to honor the 11 people shot and killed at the Tree of Lifesynagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday ... Brislin said the sight filled her with hope ... ....

On Monday, members of KonaBethSholom congregation and the rabbi of the Chabad Jewish Center of the Big Island said they felt heartbreak over the idea that someone hates another person just for their faith ... By the time members of Kona BethSholom met for their service at 10.30 a.m....